Bag-fastener.



F. A. FULLER.

BAG FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED I'EBL 6, 1912.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

RS CO.. FHOTO-LITHO-. WASHINGTON. D. C

UNITED ST PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ A. FULLER, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, Assm von 'ro THE J. n.ivinnoor'r COMPANY, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, nooaronn'rron OENEW JERSEY.

BAG-rAsrnNEm 1 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented O t 20 1914Applicationiiled February 5, 1912. Serial No. 675,515.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANZ city of Newark, inthe countyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain, newand useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, of which the followlng 1s afull,

clear, and exact description, 2 such as Will enable others skilled inthe art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of.reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

The present invention has reference to improvements in that class of bagfasteners for bag frames, which are especially adapted for pocket books,satchels, purses and the. like, and the invention relates more fully to,a novel construction of a locking or holdated holding catch or latchwhich can be.

easily manipulated.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- I Figure 1 represents a front elevation of one form of bag orpurse frame, with a catch or fastener embodying the principles of thisinvention. Fig. 2 represents a fragment-ary longitudinal section,illustrating the arrangement of the spring clip and the spring foractuating the catch or fastener. Fig. 3 represents a vertical sectiontakenon lines ww of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 represents a front elevation .of thefastener with spring clip and spring attached. Fig. 5 represents alongitudinal view of the fastener partly in section; and Fig. 6represents a perspective view of the plate, forming a art of thefastener, provided with an integral spring holding element.

Similar characters of referenceare employed in all of the said aboveviews, to indicate corresponding parts.

usual pair of frame sections, (either chan- A FoIaLnn," a citizen of theUnited States, residing in the neled or angled), which are'pivotallyconnected at their lower end portions by means ofsuitable pins or rivets0, or they may be pivotally connectedwith each other in any otherwell-known manner. One of said frame sectionsas b is provided in itsupper surface with a centrally arranged suitable opening for thereception of an extension formed on the catch member, to be presentlydescribed," and the. other frame section; as a is provided withasuitablenosing or projection at forced outfrom the metal from which saidframe section is made, or any other suitable means may be provided,designed to be brought into holding engagement with a suitableindentation e or similar means formed in the under side of the catchmember, to firmly secure the bag frame sections or mem bers in lockedposition. The catch member which may be of any desired form orconfiguration consists preferably of the plate f,

formed from a single flat piece of metal,.provided with a downwardlyprojecting spring.- holding member or portion 9, extending at arightangle, orapproximately so,,having formed thereon, holdingmeansextending preferably the entire length of the downwardly projectingspring-holding member, by bending the metal thereof to form a bear- 'ingor channel is for the reception of the spring to be presently described.To provide a suitable finger piece or lift for the catch member, I haveshown achambered base it provided with integral extensions 71., mountedthereon, said extensions passing through suitable apertures in the plate1 and closed down upon the under side of said plate. A convenient fingerpiece 2' is mounted upon said base,.which may be secured thereto in anyconvenient or desired manner. The plate 1 is provided with anindentation 6, so that when the bag frame sections are closed, thenosing or projection (i will be received into said. indentation e andfirmly secure the bagframe sections in locked posiable torsion spring j,one end of which is passed through thebearing k of the springholdingmember and restsagainst the under side of theframe section and the otherend i of which is secured to the spring clip Z, now In the drawings, aand 5 indicate the a to be described. This spring clip in its preferredform, or when used in connection with a frame member of channeledcrosssection, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, consistsof a single piece of suitable metal channeled and of a dimension andshape approximating that of the channeled frame section to which it issecured by being forced therein. This clip is provided with a centrallyarranged depressed portion m, said portion being further provided withopenings n through which one end of the spring passes, in which it isfirmly held and preventedifrom rotation or accidental-displacement.Whenthe spring has inthis manner been arranged in position, andse'cured'to the spring clip and catch member, it, together with thespring holding means on the catch member, will limit the oscillatorymovement of said catch member. In this manner, the movable catch will beretained in properloclring or holding position. When the catch member israised, theproj ection d "will. become disengaged from the indenta 'tion6' in "the plate y, thereby placing the sprin-g'j under sufficienttension that when the operator releases his or her hand from the catch,the spring will again cause the said catch member to return to itsnormal= position. The holding or looking operation of the catch memberthus 'operatively connected with the frame section b, is caused bysnapping or forcing the edge of the usual form of indentation 6 over theusual projeci tion' "03 upon the frame member a in the wellknownmanner.Y Experience has cl'emo'nstrated'that the organization above described,is a practical and eificient one for accomplishing the ends sought bythis invention. The construction, I may, however, be varied in detail bythose skilled "in such matters, without departing from the invention.

I claim: v I

l. The combination with a pair of jaws, one of which has a slot therein,of a catch member provided with a means of pivotal connection extendingthrough the slot of said last mentioned jaw, and having interlockingengagement with the other jaw, said 'catch member having one sidethereof provided with an integral extension folded back upon itself, thefolded extension projecting through said slot, a channel-shaped springclip frictionally secured to the inner portion of one of said jaws andin close proximity to the-pivotal connection of said catch member, saidclip being provided with apertures and a central depressed portion, anda torsion spring, one end of which is secured in the apertures andcentral depression of said clip and the other end of which is secured toand passes through the folded extension of the 'catch member.

2. The combination with a pair of jaws,

a catch member mounted upon one of said FRANZ A. FULLER.

Witnesses:

H. CONKLIN, FREDK G. Frsomm.

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